Gas burner



NOV- 3 1931 B. A. GEURINK ET Al. 1,830,393

GAS A BURNER Filed May 16, 1928 A TTORNEY '.25 ticularly pointed out inthe claims.

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f3 This,v invention, as vindicated, `frelate's "to-sa 4gas burner. More particularly A It comprises v a gaslburnerfproyi'dinganenlarged chamber over whichiisV securedalburner plate provid- I ing a vseries of orifices, saidorifices being formed in parallel 'relation with.. each other and the plate intermediate said orifices bemg 19am serial 110.278,13.

ycular base'suitably recessed tofengage with coinplernentary'f portion on ithe :mixing f arm Aof'the burner. f Y.

f yThe 1 mixing yarm 7 lis provi-ded adjacent fits )forward-end with an offset llug 81to #provide l-55 :a ibase `against which a securing ybolt 519 may be engaged to serve as a fasteningfmeans for formed in a series of corrugations presenting yt'he@burner #and 4as a lpivot l.about `which athe 4 concave vupper surfaces and convex lower sur- 7.10 faces. These .corrug z;ationsy preferably areY f `formed of substantially semi-circular extent fand thus vprovide continuously curved lower surfaces terminating atithe'respective margins of .the orifices. This construction proy 115 vides for a passagewayon the under side permitting 'the free iowlof gas to the orifices, and also provides on. the upper sider for 'the Y admission of anexcessV amount of air about f' the base of the orifices so that complete com-V ...20 bustion may take place 'at any' pressureV of the mixturesupplied inthe' burner. To the accomplishment of the foregoing .and related kends, the invention, then, consists ofthe means hereinafter 4fullydescribed and par- The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain mech-j anism embodying the invention, such dis- Aclosed means constituting, however, but one 3,0 ofrvarious lmechanical formsl in whichv the .principle of the invention may be used.' Y e In said annexed drawings Y Fig. l is a side elevation of the burner and '1 the 'adjacent portion of a mixing arm', the burner'portion being shown in section; Figl n Zisa top-plan View of the construction shown in Fig. .1; and Fig'. 3 is atransverse vertical sectional view taken along the line SB, Y 4shown inFig. l, looking yin the direction of :40 the arrowsyand Fig.'4 is a transverse 'sec- Y, I tional'view! takenalong the line Le-4 shown in Fig. l, looking in the direction'of'the ari rows; l f

' The b urnercomprises an elongated casing which is preferably/.made in two Sections.

.. l, The lower section `2 comprises a shallow rec` tangular receptacle preferablyV with flanged marginal walls y3 providing'a seat 4 for'the 'L1-upper section, and having a depressed portion 5y adjacent one end termin-ating in a cir-r burner :may 'be swung. A second fastening A vbolt '11isprovidedadjacentthe Aforward .por- '50 -ti'onfof the burner vandiengages through suitable :apertures formed in th'e top-f-platefand vibase. AnenlargementvlQ may ibe fprovided :on thefbaseat the '.point wheresaidfaperture tis A='f.oi'n' 1ed.f.to :provide fa seat forithe `nut 13 'ids onfth'e end ofsaidjsecuring bolt. f

T'hetopssection:llliispreferablyain the form iof 1an Qinwertedsshallow receptacle .fhayingin- *.clined'v-marginal :walls 15 `.merging 'with .the A :burnerf plate 16. The f'burner plate is pro- 7o vided with ia plurality ,of :transverse :orifices dfbetween .which depressiffms `@18, .ofsubsta-'nzti'ally semicircular .crossesectiom warello cated. On the under side of the burner :plateiafseri'cs .of convex transverse 4surfaces :I9 "offsubstantially semi-circular cross-section arel positioned ',betweenthe orifices 44and present :gas lpassageways V:having continuously curved lower surfaces zterminating :at the 'margins y of'said respective orilices, and thus ;a .large a0 tained immediately "below the .respective burner'orifices :The `gtop section 14 is preferably ,-.fomned .with lbosses F20, centrally of'the depressions A4betweenfthe orifices adjacent the-.securing n boltsiprovidingafreinforcement for the tstructureat ,such point, :suitable 'apertures .for -saidfibolts zb'eing provided centrally -ofesaid bosses. v f 5 f Asis yclearly .shown in Figs. l, w3 :and theztop sectionlel isladaplted toiberengaged l upon the sseator :shoulder 4 'formed .gon the zov , not only lends itself to greater ease of manu- The burner is preferably forinedby casting and it has been found that it is unnecessary to saw or finish the slots or orifices in any Y way as they can bev formed with sufficient accuracy to serve'in the formiin Which'they are originaly cast. There is an advantage residing in this circumstance due to -thefact l that a freshly saWed surface has a tendency to absorb constituents of the gases and cause deposits of various materia-1ste be formed aboutits edges7 whereas a cast surface has a scale which is substantially free from', chemical action with respectto the constituents of the fuel. l, .i

As has been indicated; the construction" facture Vthan other constructions lof this character, but through its particulargform provides for more e'ectivev passage ofthegas'-v V through the orifices Wit-hout'losspof effective `pressure or any snapping back when the ffi'ameis burned low. A i Increased effectiveness o vnels ata levelV beneath the'level of the ori-A ,'ces, yWithin Which'passageways air may flow uppersurface presenting a series 'oftrans-V verse channelsin parallel relation throughoutits length and presenting a series of trans- VVerse parallel substantially semi-cylindrical surfaces on its-under side,said surfaces approaching eachother and terminating reginalportions covered With cast surface scale,

Vextending parallel to each other across said burner plate. Y l Y Y l u by us this 14th dayof-lifay, 1928'.

' BERNARD A.r-GEURINK, LOUIS H.4.G EURINKL2 ythe 4burner Vvis i a al'sodueto the provision Von the exterior sur- `face ofthe burner plateof transverse :chan- 3 so as Jco-supply an ample quantity of oxygen Y Y 4about said orifices inorder that complete combustion may takeplace at substantially every variation of pressure ofy gas, which may bek supplied through said burner.l f

' Other modes of applying-the principle of ,.L'f A,

our invention kmay be employedinstead of the one explained', change being madeas regards they mechanism herein disclosed,v provided the vmeans stated.- vby an-y of thef following claims orthe equivalent of suchstated means be employed. "I -g i kWe therefore particularly;v oint out and l. An apparatus of the character described having inv combination a mixingarm providing a .pivot bearing7 a. glas burner provided'. adjacent one endyvith a correspondingy pivot.bearing, andmounted on said mixing arm for free radial adjustment, said burner comprising a base section andl atop section,

"spectively at transverse orifices having inarsaid top section being provided With a cast iron burner platehaving a seriesoftransu e verse orifices in parallel relation toeach other, said orifices having marginal portions. cov-y erediwith cast surface scale, and being spaced from each other by means of transversechan- L I:

face of the burner and'said burner plate presenting on its'underside a series of parallel surfaces of substantially semi-circular crosssection terminating adjacent said orifices and iwidth.V

providing passageways leading tovsaid respec- I nels extending completely across the top surn 

